MEANING
To place or interpret something in a different context.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- recontextualize a quotation
- recontextualize an event
On the page
The essay recontextualized the quotation within its original debate.
The exhibition recontextualized the object without claiming a different date.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- recontextualize
- Past tense
- recontextualized
- Past participle
- recontextualized
- Present participle
- recontextualizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- recontextualize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are recontextualizing
- Present perfect
- have/has recontextualized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been recontextualizing
- Past
- recontextualized
- Past continuous
- was/were recontextualizing
- Past perfect
- had recontextualized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been recontextualizing
- Future
- will recontextualize
- Future continuous
- will be recontextualizing
- Future perfect
- will have recontextualized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been recontextualizing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: recontextualize; recontextualizes; recontextualized; recontextualized; recontextualizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: renewed assessment, explicit formulation, classification and framing. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis. Commonness: uncommon. Third-person singular: recontextualizes.
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